Daryl Gates, 1926-2010

Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates died this morning at his home in Newport Beach. He was 83.

The New York Times describes him as "the unyielding chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, whose aggressive approach to policing in a period of intense urban turmoil was both admired for its innovation and criticized for the racial unrest it provoked."

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The L.A. Times: "the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep pace with a city undergoing dramatic racial and ethnic changes."